Understanding Psychology (10th Ed)

APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY:
Mind Over Cursor: 
Harnessing Brainpower to Improve Lives 82
The Limbic System: Beyond the Central Core 83
The Cerebral Cortex: Our “New Brain” 84
PSYCHWORK:
Rehabilitation Counselor 86
Neuroplasticity and the Brain 88
NEUROSCIENCE IN YOUR LIFE:
The Plastic Brain 89
The Specialization of the Hemispheres: Two Brains or One? 89
EXPLORING DIVERSITY:
Human Diversity and the Brain 90
The Split Brain: Exploring the Two Hemispheres 91
BECOMING AN INFORMED CONSUMER OF PSYCHOLOGY:
Learning to Control 
Your Heart—and Mind—Through Biofeedback 92
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Contents 
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C H A P T E R 4
Sensation and Perception 96
M O D U L E 1 0
Sensing the World Around Us 99
Absolute Thresholds: Detecting What’s Out There 100
APPLYING PSYCHOLOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY:
Driven to Distraction 101
Diff erence Thresholds: Noticing Distinctions Between Stimuli 101
Sensory Adaptation: Turning Down Our Responses 102
M O D U L E 1 1
Vision: Shedding Light on the Eye 104
Illuminating the Structure of the Eye 105
NEUROSCIENCE IN YOUR LIFE:
Seeing Vision in the Brain 110
Color Vision and Color Blindness: The 7-Million-Color Spectrum 110
M O D U L E 1 2
Hearing and the Other Senses 114
Sensing Sound 114
Smell and Taste 118
The Skin Senses: Touch, Pressure, Temperature, and Pain 120
BECOMING AN INFORMED CONSUMER OF PSYCHOLOGY:
Managing Pain 123
How Our Senses Interact 123